by Norma Thatcher | Dec 12, 2017 | Christmas, Family, Home, Inspirational, Spiritual
My sister Bev shared that as her whole family sat around their Thanksgiving table, someone asked, “What are we doing for Christmas?” Bev’s grown son (who himself has adult children) looked as though someone had just made an inappropriate remark. “Why, we’re coming...
by Norma Thatcher | Dec 5, 2017 | Christmas, Family, Spiritual
Even if you don’t have small children in your life, you’ve got to read (or perhaps re-read) Barbara Robinson’s The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. This is the story of the six Herdman children who cause trouble as the main actors in the upcoming Christmas pageant. The...
by Norma Thatcher | Nov 14, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual
I experienced a captivating moment today. I stood in my backyard while Riley was sleuthing for chipmunks. As I lifted my face to the sun, the wind chose that moment to gust slightly. Leaves from seemingly every tree were released. They swirled around and around as...
by Norma Thatcher | Oct 21, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual
When my husband and I were newlyweds, we both worked in Washington, DC. My office was on the way to my husband’s, so we took the subway together, he’d walk me to my building, then go on his way. The process was reversed at close of day. My husband has always possessed...
by Norma Thatcher | Oct 17, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual
The first bear was created not to mark a memory but rather in joyous anticipation of a baby. Always the thoughtful one, seamstress extraordinaire Nancy Caldwell made custom crib sheets and a teddy bear in matching print as a gift for a friend who was adopting a baby....
by Norma Thatcher | Sep 26, 2017 | Family, Humor, Inspirational
My first job at the age of 18 was assembling boxes of assorted chocolates. OK, I know some of you are right now channeling the old I Love Lucy segment where Lucy and Ethel are working at a candy factory. They have screwed up several other jobs there, and the boss...